Eva

So many new faces! Nice to meet you guys! 👋 Here's my mini introduction: - I'm from California - Quit my SF job 6 years ago to become an indie hacker - Moved to Taiwan with just 2 suitcases - Committed every dumb dev sin possible - Finally bit the bullet and started building in public this year 💪

I'm like a couple months late but finally launched Conteflow's web app (www.conteflow.com)! 😭 And I got my first stripe subscription from web app! 🥳

I disappeared for weeks because life went full chaos mode for a while • One grandparent in ICU from cancer tumor • Other grandparent in ICU from stroke • Close friend diagnosed with cancer • One parent caught in legal crossfire as scapegoat Thankfully the worst has passed. I'm back building

oof, trying to work while sick was NOT A GOOD IDEA Even more mortifying was almost fainting at the grocery checkout line of all places 😭

Suddenly getting a lot of love from Google Play and I still have no idea why 😳 Users that discovered the app through Google Play literally jumped from <10 users a week to >200 a week #buildinpublic

Welp, always check balcony drains before a typhoon Had to go out in my bathroom slippers to clear clogged drains cuz rainwater was flooding into the bedroom💀 At least the rain was warm

Setting up cross-platform subscriptions between web and mobile is loads of fun 🙃 #buildinpublic

Currently in that magic flow state where features are just flowing 😌 Knocked out voice profile analysis, AI interview, post generation, quick posts AND draft editor Just a few more to go: - Schedule - Published - Onboarding - Settings - Stripe Aiming to launch by end of next week! #buildinpublic

So I'm building this voice profile analysis feature and discovering all these weird writing habits I never noticed before Apparently I start like 25% of my posts with 'So' (which I'm literally doing right now) #buildinpublic

Got 3 additional months of runway from 1 week of client work 💰 Finally free for the next couple months to focus on building!

Taking an involuntary break from my app turned out to not be so bad Not being in the weeds helped put some distance and i ended up thinking a lot about the bigger picture and future directions lately It gave me some tentative ideas and clarity about who I’m building the app for

People who juggle a day job AND building a business on the side are seriously built different I'm working on a client project for only a week and I'm unable to context switch to my app at all You guys are superhuman (or killing yourself lol)

Got some feedback from a couple generous users 🙏 And the verdict is: hurry up and build the web app and add voice mode to interviews 🫡

One of the most requested features is finally getting my full attention The web app for Conteflow is coming in a few weeks!

Finally wrapped up my (painful) X and LinkedIn integrations 🥳 My feature creep monster also couldn’t help adding "just one more thing"... • Image attachments • Notifications for scheduled posts • Haptic feedback on everything! Forcing myself to stop now so I can actually ship

LinkedIn is winning against X for shittiest developer experience How do you guys create a test profile that last longer than a day? Even after I followed every rule in their TOS for test profiles, my test profile still get restricted Like is it normal to require a gov id for a test profile? 💀

After a decade of working in B2B, I'm tired of building for distant users that I never get to talk to Yeah, B2C might be harder, more competitive, and less predictable... The grass might not be greener in B2C, but at least I'll get to see real people using what I build

Sometimes the most incredible support comes from the most unexpected places I was ready to give up my apartment to extend runway Then my landlord told me to stay and not worry about paying rent for the next 6 months I really wasn’t expecting the person I pay rent to become my biggest benefactor 🥹

There are two basic features I super regret not adding in my mobile app from day one No upgrade reminders = some users still on old versions No rating requests = missing those sweet app store ratings 😭

Today was a fun day 💀 Tried logging into my LinkedIn developer account Phone verification required: Phone #1: Failed Phone #2: Failed Phone #3: Failed Phone #4: Failed Got blocked for too many attempts... Only to realize hours later I was using the wrong email 🤦‍♀️

Been living in debug mode for a week, but finally got the app submitted for review 😮‍💨 Next up: actually building what users asked for! • Publish to social media platforms (esp LinkedIn) • Web app Back to building! 💪

Been coding like a madwoman in my coding cave lately There’s nothing like seeing how real users use the app to realize how many little leaks there are 😅 Half of my dev time is spent on improving onboarding rn

Thanks to all the amazing feedback from users, my todo list keeps getting longer 😆 I hope there's no penalty for sending too many app updates to app store reviewers...I think I've sent like 5 in the past 2 weeks alone

I'm noticing a pattern with my ProductHunt launches... The higher the upvotes, the faster it died 🤣

Before I chicken out or overthink, I went ahead and launched my app on producthunt just to get it over with Now I can’t talk myself out of it 😂 www.producthunt.com/posts/contef...